The sky was all bright, and there were more people on the streets, and everyone had a tired look on their faces, which was different from the bustling streets she imagined, although there were gradually more people, but there was a little less life.

"Boss, has anything been going on in the city lately?" Xu Xiaoxiao picked up the wonton and looked at the people on the street and asked curiously.

The boss's busy hand suddenly paused, and a layer of sorrow appeared on his face, "No... Nothing. ”

The self-comforting expression made Xu Xiaoxiao feel that something was happening in this city, "I heard that many people outside the city are sick. ”

She was cautious and tentative, trying to take advantage of the movement outside the city to pry open the boss's mouth and get more information.

"Really? Iniquity. The boss shook his head when he heard the voice outside the city, "Yesterday we all heard the miserable screams outside the city, and heard that the yamen issued a notice that the people outside the city were infected and drove them away to prevent infection. ”

"Hey, the gates have been closed for a few days." Xu Xiaoxiao continued to probe.

"It's been seven or eight days." The boss pondered for a moment and said.

On the seventh or eighth day, Chu Qing only left yesterday night, and they didn't see the carriage when they came during the day, could it be that they had already entered the city?

But the gates were closed, and how did he get into the city?

"Hey, I wonder if anyone has fished into the city in troubled waters?" Xu Xiaoxiao sighed, scooped a spoonful of wonton and put it in his mouth, and chirped.

Carriages are different from horses, since the city has been closed, there will naturally be people who will find outsiders entering the city, and her temptation should be able to ask clues about Chu Qing.

"Don't tell me there really is." A chubby aunt walked over from another stall and joined them in the chat.

"Is this really the time?" Xu Xiaoxiao put down the spoon and revealed a gossipy woman eating melons.

Sure enough, the grapevine still depends on the street aunt.

"Really, I saw it with my own eyes, but I came in at night, and my little grandson was arguing for a pancake that day, and it was getting late when I bought it, and on the way I saw a magnificent carriage entering the city." The aunt came to the wonton stall directly from her stall, standing beside the wonton boss, and her eyebrows flew and described.

"It must be a rich and noble family, or an adult sent from Kyoto."

"I see." Xu Xiaoxiao made an expression of amazement, raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Chu and Tie Zhu.

"Okay, okay, the things of adults are not what we ordinary people talk about." The wonton boss waved his hand to let the aunt return to her stall.

The aunt pointed to the white smoke cauldron and said, "Two bowls of wonton." ”

"Okay." The boss of Wanton smiled and responded, "By the way, is your grandson better?" ”

"No, I may have been bitten by insects, and my face is red and itchy." The aunt shook her head helplessly.

"That's not going to work, but you'll have to get a doctor." The wonton boss puts the loaded wonton into the aunt's food box.

"Please, I can't tell you why." The aunt picked up the food box and waved her hand back to her stall.

Xu Xiaoxiao listened to the conversation between the two while eating, and unconsciously fell into deep thought, until the soup in the bowl was drunk.

"What do you think?" After eating, Tie Zhu took out a handkerchief from his arms and gently wiped the corners of his mouth.

"Do you think this aunt's grandson will be infected with smallpox?" Xu Xiaoxiao said the guess in his heart.

What she feared the most also happened, if the city was infected with smallpox, then the city and the outside of the city would be attacked from both sides, but she was afraid that there would be a big turmoil, and once the turmoil occurred, Liujia Village would also be in a dilemma.

"What would you do if you got infected?" Tie Zhu folded the handkerchief expressionlessly and put it in his arms.

Tie Zhu's question made Xu Xiaoxiao unable to answer for a while, and the fact that the aunt's grandson was infected with smallpox meant that there were infected people in the city, and the family members who lived with him also needed to be quarantined.

A few people will believe what she says as a nameless and powerless foreigner, and if she doesn't do it, she will cause unnecessary trouble.

"Well, let's find Chu Qing first." Xu Xiaoxiao replied.

It must be not easy to enter the city with the city gate closed, as long as you can find him, maybe you can solve the problem of the government?

"Boss, check out." Xu Xiaoxiao carried Tiezhu and Chu Chu into the bamboo basket.

She took out a few copper coins from her pocket, and the copper coins were given to her by Liu Qiaoer before departure, saying that it was self-defense, after all, it was inconvenient to use the items in the space outside.

"Little girl, where are you going?" The boss took the copper coin and began to wonder where Xu Xiao went.

Xu Xiaoxiao smiled and walked to the stall of the aunt who sold embroidered handkerchiefs and asked, "Auntie, do you know where the carriage into the city stopped at the end?" ”

The aunt lowered her head and embroidered her purse, looked up after hearing Xu Xiaoxiao's voice, looked at the owner of the wanton stall suspiciously, and then slowly spoke after a while, "It seems to stop in front of the Li family's medicinal herb shop." ”

After speaking, she glanced at the child with two small heads on Xu Xiaoxiao's back, and seemed to think of something in her heart.

This girl must have met someone unladylike.

"Then how should Li's Herb Shop go?" Xu Xiaoxiao flipped the bamboo basket and continued to ask.

"Go ahead, and then turn the corner." The owner of the wonton stall also seemed to see something, and showed pity on his face.

"You take this copper coin."

Xu Xiaoxiao took the copper coin in a daze, staring at the boss with puzzled eyes, looking puzzled.

"They thought you were bringing your child to find the biological father." Tie Zhu said close to Xu Xiaoxiao's ear.

"......." Xu Xiaoxiao smiled helplessly in embarrassment.

Time was pressing, Xu Xiaoxiao didn't have time to explain too much, put down the copper coin, walked in the direction of Li's pharmacy, came to the street, and saw Chu Qing's carriage at the corner.

"Found it." Chu Chu pointed to the carriage not far away and said excitedly.

"Let's go, let's see where this Chu Qing is sacred." Xu Xiaoxiao's thin lips hooked up a smile and strode towards Li's pharmacy.

The black-clothed guards in front of Li's pharmacy were guarding outside the door, and the people who originally wanted to enter the pharmacy to get medicine saw the fierce black-clothed guards outside the door, and they avoided and did not dare to enter the door.

Most of the pharmacies in the city were closed, only Lee's Pharmacies were still open, and the people who needed to get the medicine had to linger outside the door and wait for the opportunity to enter.

"That's... Official, can you make it convenient, I have a child in my family who is sick and needs to ask Dr. Li to see a doctor. A middle-aged woman with a headscarf was pacing back and forth outside for a long time, and she couldn't help but come forward to ask.

The black-clothed guard didn't speak, just looked at the woman coldly, and then swept the matching sword in his hand, and the woman saw the matching sword that made a clattering sound, and her heart was clear, and she stepped back the steps and lowered her head to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Isn't the pharmacy a place to see a doctor? Why don't you let people in? Xu Xiaoxiao saw this scene as soon as she arrived at the door of Li's pharmacy, and immediately ignited the anger in her heart, and she stepped forward to question the black-clothed guards outside the door.

The black-clothed guards didn't seem to expect someone to provoke them, they frowned, and looked in Xu Xiaoxiao's direction expressionlessly.

"Hurry up and get out of here." One of them, a man in black with a scar on his face, walked down the steps to drive Xu Xiaoxiao away.

The man with the scar shoved her to the entrance of the alley as he walked, while another thin man in black stood on the steps to be vigilant about the situation.